SAM MITCHELL: "Vince Carter didn't want to get traded (the day before he was dealt)"

So the saga continues ^ mannn Tim & Sid are pulling some remarkable quotes out of VC and Sam Mitchell about what ACTUALLY went down the year VC got traded. According to Mitchell, Rob Babcock traded VC even though there was room for reconciliation. Carter went as far as telling Mitchell, "I want to stay here, I see what you're building, and I like it." THE DAY BEFORE HE WAS TRADED!!! Mitchell says "I told Rob Babcok, but he said he had a deal on the table... (in retrospect) I should have went straight to Larry Tanenbaum and I should have implored Vince to speak with Larry Tanenbaum as well..."

Unbelieveable.

Mitchell: "I just think what happened with Vince, like a lot of guys, his feelings got hurt... and I think at the end of the day, if we could have got in a room, and apologies would have been extended to Vince, I think all of this, we could have got past."

Are you FREAKING kidding me ROB friggen Babcock! How is story just being told NOW?!!!!

Unreal...

Mitchell (on what would have happened if he wasn't traded): "Think about this... with Chris Bosh turning into what he turned into, Vince Carter still at the top of his game, we add another piece or two, we could have still been playing. Think about how good we would have been, we would have had one of the best power forwards, one of the best 2-guards, so we would have had two legit-superstars on our team. We may not have won a championship, but we might, could have got to a Finals."

Wow. Man, every Raptors fan should listen to this interview. Such crazy mismanagement by Rob Babcock. Even if Vince had half a foot out the door, something could have been done to fix things if it was handled right. Mitchell definitely believes that.

"Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's true about the game, and in some ways about life too." ~ Michael Jordan ------------------------------------------"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy." ~ Dale Carnegie

I don't even want to feel better about this... I was mad at VC for YEARS with what happened, but to now know Rob Babcock COULD HAVE potentially done something to fix it, and change the fate of the Raptors organization forever, just by extending a few apologies and making Vince feel like the king of the castle, I mean if that's all it would have took... I would have done that times 10!! Mitchell clearly thinks Babcock fucked the whole VC thing up, big time.

"Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's true about the game, and in some ways about life too." ~ Michael Jordan ------------------------------------------"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy." ~ Dale Carnegie

I think it was Vince quitting on the team that got him out the door. They should have gave his mom a parking spot!!!!!

He did quit on the team. But the organization eventually quit on him too. Big mistake, especially in this business when you have a franchise player. And even though he wasn't the best sport, he was still the only legit franchise player we've had.

"Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's true about the game, and in some ways about life too." ~ Michael Jordan ------------------------------------------"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy." ~ Dale Carnegie

VC had to go... he already gave up on the team... him crying to mitchell is akin to me telling my ex-girlfriend that we should work things out after i already got caught with my dick out cheating on her..

this doesn't outweigh the babcock blunders of the returns on the VC trade and the Araujo pick

VC had to go... he already gave up on the team... him crying to mitchell is akin to me telling my ex-girlfriend that we should work things out after i already got caught with my dick out cheating on her..

this doesn't outweigh the babcock blunders of the returns on the VC trade and the Araujo pick

Bingo!

The team should have apologized to him for what?????? Not kissing his ass every time he acted the spoiled brat not getting his way? pfffffffffffffft, Babcock was an idiot for doing the deal he did, but the great wasted talent had to go. I can't believe Sam is spouting this. My view of him just dropped a few notches.

So the saga continues ^ mannn Tim & Sid are pulling some remarkable quotes out of VC and Sam Mitchell about what ACTUALLY went down the year VC got traded. According to Mitchell, Rob Babcock traded VC even though there was room for reconciliation. Carter went as far as telling Mitchell, "I want to stay here, I see what you're building, and I like it." THE DAY BEFORE HE WAS TRADED!!! Mitchell says "I told Rob Babcok, but he said he had a deal on the table... (in retrospect) I should have went straight to Larry Tanenbaum and I should have implored Vince to speak with Larry Tanenbaum as well..."

Unbelieveable.

Mitchell: "I just think what happened with Vince, like a lot of guys, his feelings got hurt... and I think at the end of the day, if we could have got in a room, and apologies would have been extended to Vince, I think all of this, we could have got past."

Are you FREAKING kidding me ROB friggen Babcock! How is story just being told NOW?!!!!

Unreal...

Mitchell (on what would have happened if he wasn't traded): "Think about this... with Chris Bosh turning into what he turned into, Vince Carter still at the top of his game, we add another piece or two, we could have still been playing. Think about how good we would have been, we would have had one of the best power forwards, one of the best 2-guards, so we would have had two legit-superstars on our team. We may not have won a championship, but we might, could have got to a Finals."

Wow. Man, every Raptors fan should listen to this interview. Such crazy mismanagement by Rob Babcock. Even if Vince had half a foot out the door, something could have been done to fix things if it was handled right. Mitchell definitely believes that.

if he truly wanted to play here why did he go from averaging 5 ppg to 20 after the trade?

if you were a fan of the team at the time you'd realize......not that I myself had THAT much insight at the time as I was still in middle school and not the basketball fan I am today....

Dude, what are you talking about?

I've been a Raptors fan since the franchise began. I remember watching Alvin Robertson's first bucket (first Raptor to score a point in franchise history). I was a fan then, and i'm a fan now. It's not unbelievable when it's coming from a primary source: namely, the HEAD COACH at the time the trade happened. He's the one letting us in on what happened and on what he said. So unless you think Mitchell is making this up for no good reason, that's what happened.

And Rob Babcock confirmed it.

Last edited by bhattmagandhi; Wed Nov 7th, 2012 at 06:46 PM.

"Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's true about the game, and in some ways about life too." ~ Michael Jordan ------------------------------------------"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy." ~ Dale Carnegie

So the saga continues ^ mannn Tim & Sid are pulling some remarkable quotes out of VC and Sam Mitchell about what ACTUALLY went down the year VC got traded. According to Mitchell, Rob Babcock traded VC even though there was room for reconciliation. Carter went as far as telling Mitchell, "I want to stay here, I see what you're building, and I like it." THE DAY BEFORE HE WAS TRADED!!! Mitchell says "I told Rob Babcok, but he said he had a deal on the table... (in retrospect) I should have went straight to Larry Tanenbaum and I should have implored Vince to speak with Larry Tanenbaum as well..."

Unbelieveable.

Mitchell: "I just think what happened with Vince, like a lot of guys, his feelings got hurt... and I think at the end of the day, if we could have got in a room, and apologies would have been extended to Vince, I think all of this, we could have got past."

Are you FREAKING kidding me ROB friggen Babcock! How is story just being told NOW?!!!!

Unreal...

Mitchell (on what would have happened if he wasn't traded): "Think about this... with Chris Bosh turning into what he turned into, Vince Carter still at the top of his game, we add another piece or two, we could have still been playing. Think about how good we would have been, we would have had one of the best power forwards, one of the best 2-guards, so we would have had two legit-superstars on our team. We may not have won a championship, but we might, could have got to a Finals."

Wow. Man, every Raptors fan should listen to this interview. Such crazy mismanagement by Rob Babcock. Even if Vince had half a foot out the door, something could have been done to fix things if it was handled right. Mitchell definitely believes that.

Vince Carter could have said anything he wanted to, but it was too late. One can complain about the package Babcock got for Vince, but NOT for trading him. Vince had spent too long doing too little and saying too much to salvage anything from the situation.

Out of curiousity, where has all this Toronto love for Vince come from over the last year? The guy is the epitome of everything wrong with players in this game. The guy doesn't deserves any respect for his actions or lack there of.

I've been a Raptors fan since the franchise began. I remember watching Alvin Robertson's first bucket (first Raptor to score a point in franchise history). I was a fan then, and i'm a fan now. It's not unbelievable when it's coming from a primary source: namely, the HEAD COACH at the time the trade happened. He's the one letting us in on what happened and on what he said. So unless you think Mitchell is making this up for no good reason, that's what happened.

And Rob Babcock confirmed it.

ok sorry for questioning your credibility as a fan, but there is something fishy about the drop in production just prior to him being traded followed by his resurgence as an all-star.

everyone calls melo a slimeball for coming out and saying he wanted to leave denver, but even he didn't pull those antics.

(same goes for bosh and lebron, even though the situation was a little different with them being free agents)